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The Backed Pack: A learning laptop, a self-cleaning fish tank, & a bass booster
Google Play Music, you’re looking pretty fine with your new visualizer
Uber cars will soon stream passenger-controlled Spotify music, reports say
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Why Amazon’s new Lambda cloud service is a huge deal for devs — and the cloud market
Philae lander battery runs out, but not before sending back comet data and spectacular photos
International payments services are flocking to China
Bitcoin wallet startup Coinbase is raising a big new round (report)
Too much transparency will not kill you
Many in mobile fear a drastic change in FCC Internet regulation
Atlas Wearables raises $1.5M for a fitness bracelet that critiques your form
Y Combinator-backed Onename raises $1.5M, open-sources its Bitcoin identity directory
How I learned to stop worrying and love net neutrality
What to Think, Ep. 29: Republicans’ ad tech is paying off
Facebook will start to reduce promotional Page posts next year
Windows Store and Windows Phone Store pass half a million apps combined
Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place
Facebook rearchitects its data center networks, increases capacity 10x to make room for even more growth
You can now buy the ASUS ZenWatch Android Wear smartwatch for $200
Hey, while you’re taking your next selfie, don’t forget about the chip industry
How the CEOs of Airbnb & Pinterest taught Stanford students to build billion-dollar teams (in 7 quotes)
Accel’s Wong may pick Android over Apple in health platforms
IBM and Nvidia win $425M to build two monstrous supercomputers for the Department of Energy
Microsoft launches Skype for Web beta, aiming to bring plugin-free video chat to all major browsers
FanDuel Announces Strategic Alliance with the Washington Redskins
Google Glass rival LaForge Optical nabs $1.1M for its prescription smart glasses
Uber launches carpooling service in Paris as competition with BlaBlaCar looms
Houzz’s CEO talks about the company’s expansion in Germany, growth, and family
With new funding, Face++ focuses on commercial applications for its facial recognition tech
Facebook ad exec says mobile marketing is (and must be) highly personal
Iceland in 3D: Photographer’s amazing shots with Lytro’s Illum camera
Of course. Now Amazon thinks its cloud is the best to run apps in Docker containers
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CMOs: Why you need to talk with your customers like you’re a new hire
The most important Internet law was written in 1934
BeyondCore analytics asks all the questions — so you don’t have to
Microsoft aims to offer Windows 10 upgrades for all Windows Phone 8 Lumias, but makes no promises
Health sensors will soon ‘disappear into the background,’ say developers
EBay pushes PayPal in its new scheme to bridge digital and retail shopping
Real benefits of ‘beacons’ will calm consumers’ privacy fears, industry guys say
